Player Dossier

2023-2025

Iowa State

Cam Smith

DB • 5'11" • 210 lbs • Austintown, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Cam Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.5 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.3

Efficiency

9.5

Consistency

6.7

Season Value

7.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Iowa State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Iowa State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Cam Smith, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Iowa State. Cam Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.5 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Iowa State paired 0 primary output with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · Iowa State

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

9.5

Usage

2.3

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

TCU

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 0. Arkansas State: 1. Arizona: 0. BYU: 0. TCU: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa: 4 by 16.7. Arkansas State: 1 by 14.2. Arizona: 1 by 4.2. BYU: 1 by 4.2. TCU: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Wins0.3 · n=4
First Half0.3 · n=3 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · n=2 · -0.3 vs First Half
All Games0.2 · n=5

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Arkansas State

Best efficiency game

16.7 vs Iowa

Result
Sat 11/8@ TCUW 20-1720000
Sat 10/25vs BYUL 27-4111000
Sat 9/27vs ArizonaW 39-1411000
Sat 9/13@ Arkansas StateW 24-16100.500.500
Sat 9/6vs IowaW 16-1343000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Iowa State

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonIowa State04.20.8
2024 Regular SeasonIowa State06.31.20
2025 Regular SeasonIowa State19.52.31

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Arkansas State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

#2

Iowa

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.6 takeover score.

#3

Iowa

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.9 takeover score.

#4

Unknown

0

Primary metric

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.2 takeover score.

#5

TCU

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Iowa State

0 primary output · 6.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage

35.8

#2

2023 Regular Season · Iowa State

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Iowa State

7.1

1 primary · 9.5 efficiency · 2.3 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8525

Fitch · Youngstown, OH

Committed To
Iowa State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

19

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 12 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Cam Smith quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
19